Quickly before I head over to the Kooringal Hotel for our Living Water Family Dinner Out… Years ago I knew someone who would always read the last chapter of a novel first. I told them that was cheating. You can’t know the outcome before you know...
I'm in Sydney as I write these weekly notes...
It seems this is the season for elections. Canada just had one. Ours is this week. Next week the College of Cardinals will elect a new Pope for the Roman Catholic Church. In every case, once the results are in, things will either change a...
Happy Easter y’all! Yep…it’s not a day…it’s a lifestyle! Don’t let the public holidays this week lull you into thinking that all the excitement is over…Jesus is still risen & ruling & IS for all eternity. My Southern black church colleagues used to preach about “the great gettin’...
Welcome to Holy Week! In an earlier time, the Church referred to the Worship experiences of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Easter as “The Great Three Days.” They were seen as a unified whole, each essential in the context of the others in telling the good...
If there’s one thing we can say about the Bible…it consistently delivers a consistent word from God. That may sound obvious, but here’s what I’m learning because I see it over & over again in the Scripture… Ok…remember last week I said we should eliminate the...
Happy Tuesday/Wednesday everyone! No…I haven’t lost my mind. That title up there comes from a very common human malady…the problem of the “but.” Here’s what I mean…I’ve been reading Judges. As Judges opens, God has led his people into the land of his promise. They’ve been...
Gigantic thanks all around for your prayers & great help while I was away playing tour guide for friends from Texas & spending a few days with our church-planting gospel co-workers in Penrith. It’s a HUGE reassurance to be able to place the reins of...
By the time most of you read this it’ll be Ash Wednesday…Lent begins! What that means is in many ways between you & Jesus. I’m not being flippant or casual about the importance of the season of Lent, but deadly serious that I hope for each of...
Ok everyone…strap yourselves in this is going to be quite a BIG TIME for us & for Christ’s work in our city. THIS THURSDAY NIGHT!!! UnEarthed: Uncovering stories of Faith in Australia – Thursday 27thFebruary 2025 – 7:30 p.m. Just keep inviting, keep praying &...